So I've had my first ayurvedic massage and Liz Cook was not lying when she said 'they really slick you in oil'. I felt as if I was being basted ready for the oven, pints of the stuff were poured over my head and body, I slithered on the table as I was pummelled and pounded. I was then put into a cupboard with room for my head to poke out of the top and had to sit for 20 minutes while the cupboard filled up with steam. I was then slathered in green goo that looked like avocado mush and sent to shower. What an unpleasant ordeal you might be thinking...but in fact I felt amazing afterwards...I was glowing and the feeling has lasted all day, except for the fact that my hair is still very oily.
I celebrated the new me with a huge Kerala meals, meal in the hotel restaurant ( lots of little different curries and lots of rice) and made a new friend, Rada a flight planner, who works in Dubai but is currently building a holiday cottage in the hills and creating a garden. We got talking over lunch and he told me about his training at Gatwick airport and he memorable visit to Wakehurst Place. He took me to see his project and garden after lunch and I spent four hours being shown around the garden and all the different plants he has acquired from all over the world as well as all the local spices that grow there.It was a great afternoon Rada was interesting, informative and not sleazy. We have swapped email addresses and I now have an open invitation to visit him and his family in Dubai as well as an invitation to stay in the holiday cottage when it is complete.
Every day since I have been on my own I have met interesting people in unexpected places and that has been one of the nice thing about my travels so far.
Not sure if I'm going to have any internet access for the next few days now...I'm heading off the beaten path a little.
I celebrated the new me with a huge Kerala meals, meal in the hotel restaurant ( lots of little different curries and lots of rice) and made a new friend, Rada a flight planner, who works in Dubai but is currently building a holiday cottage in the hills and creating a garden. We got talking over lunch and he told me about his training at Gatwick airport and he memorable visit to Wakehurst Place. He took me to see his project and garden after lunch and I spent four hours being shown around the garden and all the different plants he has acquired from all over the world as well as all the local spices that grow there.It was a great afternoon Rada was interesting, informative and not sleazy. We have swapped email addresses and I now have an open invitation to visit him and his family in Dubai as well as an invitation to stay in the holiday cottage when it is complete.
Every day since I have been on my own I have met interesting people in unexpected places and that has been one of the nice thing about my travels so far.
Not sure if I'm going to have any internet access for the next few days now...I'm heading off the beaten path a little.
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